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have voted with us and lincoln and pryor voted with us as well. chris, the important thing to keep in mind about the study like you were talking about, it was never intended to inform the legislative process. it was always meant to be and sold us to as a wholly internal study for the dod to identify issues. go. to the politics question again. josh, what i don't understand, the american people overwhelmingly support open service. it is the one thing in our life that has really changed in terms of social issues it is not like abortion issues that take time to change or go back and forth. this one has been a pendulum swinging directly in one direction toward open service. why is the senate behind the public to on this? >> i think that behind the public because they always lag the public somewhat but also because we are in this incredibly polarized primary political climate now going to this november election. republicans are very, very concern and all they are concerned about is their base and among the base, that is probably the only area where you
have voted with us and lincoln and pryor voted with us as well. chris, the important thing to keep in mind about the study like you were talking about, it was never intended to inform the legislative process. it was always meant to be and sold us to as a wholly internal study for the dod to identify issues. go. to the politics question again. josh, what i don't understand, the american people overwhelmingly support open service. it is the one thing in our life that has really changed in terms...
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i think had a couple of republicans voted with us, had it been palatable for them to vote with us, they certainly would have been on board. keep in mind we had the votes lined up. we had them lined up. we had commitments implicit or explicit -- >> but you're seven short. we say short because harry reid would have flipped the other way. >> harry reid was more procedural. we firmly believe susan collins would have voted with us, dick lugar, we believe george voinovich and lincoln and pryor would have voted with us as well. the important thing to keep in mind about the study like you were talking about it was never intended to inform the legislative process. it was always meant to be and sold to us as a wholly internal study for the dod to identify issues. >> let me go to the politics question again. josh, what i don't understand is the american people overwhelmingly support open service. is the one thing in our life that is really changed in terms of social issues. it's not like abortion issues that have taken time to change or go back and forth. this one has been a pendulum swinging dire
i think had a couple of republicans voted with us, had it been palatable for them to vote with us, they certainly would have been on board. keep in mind we had the votes lined up. we had them lined up. we had commitments implicit or explicit -- >> but you're seven short. we say short because harry reid would have flipped the other way. >> harry reid was more procedural. we firmly believe susan collins would have voted with us, dick lugar, we believe george voinovich and lincoln and...
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please join us for the live edition of "countdown" every weeknight at 8:00 eastern/5:00 pacific. >>> sounding off. president obama goes face to face with americans frustrated with the economic slump. >>> feline fiasco. a woman in england faces the music for tossing a cat into a garbage bin. >>> and terror in the stands. horrifying moments as a bleacher packed with spectators collapses in brazil. good morning, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with on the defensive. at a town hall held by cnbc in the nation's capital, president obama held his ground while frustrated citizens took turns taking shots at his economic strategy. the president repeatedly defended his policies while fielding pointed questions from americans who fear the worst from the economy. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration. >> reporter: self-described obama supporters laid into him live on cnbc's town hall. people like velma hart. >> that i voted f
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good to have you with us. this is kind of confusing because we have the original confession, but now the attorney is arguing a different argument in court. how smart is that now that this trial is in motion? >> it may be the only thing he is left with. number one, the attorney has to get this confession or statement suppressed. number two, he has to persuade the jury that his client was under extreme emotional disturbance and did not understand what he was doing. >> >> we have smith told a psychologist he was not sleeping prior to his wife's murder and he was wordied that his wife was having an affair and she would be leaving with his kids. he was drinking five or six caffeinated drinks and energy drinks and taking diet pills a day. when he is taken in to have this talk or address by police and he goes ahead and confesses, how can the attorney now argue against that confession with him making that statement of clear and present mind? >> there is a body of case law that says if a suspect is interviewed at a tim
good to have you with us. this is kind of confusing because we have the original confession, but now the attorney is arguing a different argument in court. how smart is that now that this trial is in motion? >> it may be the only thing he is left with. number one, the attorney has to get this confession or statement suppressed. number two, he has to persuade the jury that his client was under extreme emotional disturbance and did not understand what he was doing. >> >> we have...
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a lot of us were iidiots in high school. would you tell us what's going on right now? >> i think that's what it looks like. it looks like at least the people in delaware, their don't care. look how much she brought in in the last week since she won her primary. it looks like people will say, it doesn't matter. >> good to see you, michelle. thanks so much. >>> that will do it for me, i'm chris jansing. see you back here at 3:00 eastern along with rachel maddow. today's senate vote on don't ask, don't tell. look who's here, thomas roberts. >> developing news, nine american servicemen are killed after a chopper crashes in afghanistan. we'll take you there live, bring you the latest developments. >>> plus, the senate debates. the military's controversial don't ask, don't tell policy. today, we'll talk to a former air force major who was discharged over that policy and now he's fighting back. >>> horrific video as a bleacher collapses at an auto race. what the heck happened there? we'll take a look. the smell of freshly juiced wheat grass and hand pressed shirts. whatever s
a lot of us were iidiots in high school. would you tell us what's going on right now? >> i think that's what it looks like. it looks like at least the people in delaware, their don't care. look how much she brought in in the last week since she won her primary. it looks like people will say, it doesn't matter. >> good to see you, michelle. thanks so much. >>> that will do it for me, i'm chris jansing. see you back here at 3:00 eastern along with rachel maddow. today's...
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keep us posted and let us know. >> will do. >> when we get a final tally on the vote. i want to bring in rachel maddox. as you know, a couple of the waivering republicans said you've got to give us a little more room for amendments here. harry reid said no. this is the result. >> well, there's a couple of things. first of all, it's a historic decision to filibuster the defense reauthorization bill. this is something that has passed 48 times in 48 years. it just passes. this is one of the things that just passes. and that's why actually you've seen over the years lots of amendments, lots of things passed that are attached to this. originally when don't ask, don't tell was instituted, it was passed as an amendment to this bill. in 2007, we saw republican senator orrin hatch attach the dream act to this bill. some of john mccain's campaign finance provisions have been attached to this bill. so republican objections that they are very upset about democratic amendments to this are a little strange, given how many amendments republicans have attached to it. also harry reid's
keep us posted and let us know. >> will do. >> when we get a final tally on the vote. i want to bring in rachel maddox. as you know, a couple of the waivering republicans said you've got to give us a little more room for amendments here. harry reid said no. this is the result. >> well, there's a couple of things. first of all, it's a historic decision to filibuster the defense reauthorization bill. this is something that has passed 48 times in 48 years. it just passes. this is...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer i but i justve my 5 employcan't afford it.ance, i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health insurance. the minute i got sick, i lost my insurance. not anymore. not anymore. not anymore. america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. >>> it is quite a trick to be a u.s. senator, to show up at a celebration of the return of jobs in your home state, and to get lustily booed by the home folks at that photo op. who exactly achieved that feat and how that good senator earned every bit of it? that's next. also, we have one programming note for you. the big vote on the defense authorization bill is scheduled for tomorrow at
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no wonder our enemies think they can defeat us. this has been the equivalent of a cultural oil spill. it's not sea otters and ducks that are washing up on shore, covered with gunk, it is our kids. >> we have to have the courage to tell the truth and we have to have the courage to act on the truth. we are allowing a brutalization and a degradation of children in this country, a destructiveness. >> bureaucrats and politicians in washington think they should decide the what kind of lightbulb we use. what kind of toilets we flush. they'll buy your teenage daughter an abortion, but they won't let her buy a sugary soda in a school's vending machine. a lot of the money that we're spending goes to things that we know will not prevent aids, but indeed will continue to spread the disease, when a lot of our money goes to distribute condoms in high schools, when a lot of our money goes to distribute material that is literally pornographic. >> the culture wars are back. in some cases, they never went away. people got jobs doing other things, ra
no wonder our enemies think they can defeat us. this has been the equivalent of a cultural oil spill. it's not sea otters and ducks that are washing up on shore, covered with gunk, it is our kids. >> we have to have the courage to tell the truth and we have to have the courage to act on the truth. we are allowing a brutalization and a degradation of children in this country, a destructiveness. >> bureaucrats and politicians in washington think they should decide the what kind of...
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personal use. particularly in 2009, she had march and april rent payments that were made out, checks made out to a guy named brent basher, her landlord and those, we have learned, were rent payments and she called them expense reimbursements. that is just one example of the many, many expenses ms. o'donnell claimed to be campaign expenses but were really just expenses of her lifestyle, that she had no other income so she was treating her campaign account like it was her personal piggy bank. >> and this happened in 2009? >> 2009 and 2010. >> okay. >> ms. o'donnell had really no oversight. there was no campaign treasurer, as the law requires, for over a year and a half. so she had a wachovia bank card that wind out when other people would use their debit card. >> who do you have sworn statements from that will back up this allegation? we have a sworn statement from david keegan, a former campaign staffer for ms. o'donnell back in 2008. and in addition, there was another person, a campaign man, who ma
personal use. particularly in 2009, she had march and april rent payments that were made out, checks made out to a guy named brent basher, her landlord and those, we have learned, were rent payments and she called them expense reimbursements. that is just one example of the many, many expenses ms. o'donnell claimed to be campaign expenses but were really just expenses of her lifestyle, that she had no other income so she was treating her campaign account like it was her personal piggy bank....
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. >> she canceled on us yesterday. she said she had scheduling don conflicts and couldn't be here. >> and then there is the $1 million moment. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i never joined a coven. >> she turned him into a newt! and there's hong kong animated news about her, and yes, that is her talking the kid out of choking a chicken. and mice brain video has been found. >> mice with fully functioning human brains. >> so after her, what's next for the tea party? repealing laws protecting gays and ending separation of church and state, what else? >>> the bush recession, it ended june 2009, say economists. not really much comfort at this president's economic town hall today. >> i need you to the help us understand how you can regain the political center, because you're losing the war of sound bites. you're losing the media cycles. >>> it's lady gaga versus mr. magoo over don't ask, don't tell. >> i'm calling to ask the senator to vote with senators harry reid and carl levin to repeal don't ask, don't tell and oppose joh
. >> she canceled on us yesterday. she said she had scheduling don conflicts and couldn't be here. >> and then there is the $1 million moment. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i never joined a coven. >> she turned him into a newt! and there's hong kong animated news about her, and yes, that is her talking the kid out of choking a chicken. and mice brain video has been found. >> mice with fully functioning human brains. >> so after her, what's next for the tea...
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it feels like the american dream is not attainable to a lot of us. and what i'm really hoping to hear from you is several concrete steps that you're going to take moving forward that will be able to reignite my generation, reignite the youth who are beset by student loans. >> we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs and beans area of our lives, but quite frankly, it's starting to knock on our door and ring true that that might be where we're headed again. and mr. president, i need you to answer this honestly. is this my new reality? >> is the american dream dead for me? >> let's turn to msnbc political analyst, richard wolffe, and author of "renegade: the making of a president." good evening. how do you run a political campaign in a country that seems to be polarized between, for god's sakes, stop, and for god's sakes, get going? >> that's a good question. and one thing you hear is, not just how tough the recession was, but how hard it can be to run politics after a recession. ask the first president bush, ask president clinton in the first few ye
it feels like the american dream is not attainable to a lot of us. and what i'm really hoping to hear from you is several concrete steps that you're going to take moving forward that will be able to reignite my generation, reignite the youth who are beset by student loans. >> we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs and beans area of our lives, but quite frankly, it's starting to knock on our door and ring true that that might be where we're headed again. and mr. president, i need you...
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that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> lady gaga tries to vince olympia snowe and susan collins to vote for the defense authorization bill that repeals don't ask, don't tell. senator snowe asks for more time. that's next. first, time for tonight's "worst persons" in the world. to whoever doing rudy giuliani's scheduling for him, he'll be appearing day after tomorrow with an upstate new york congressional candidate on castleton in hudson. southeast of albany. the name of the auto place mayor giuliani will be visiting, total tool. i mean, can't you try to make this difficult for me? tea party new york gubernatorial candidate carl, happy paladino. he's trying to ruin his reputation, he sent cuomo another letter challenging him to a debate. it includes that memorable typo. "you want to cut out the black candidate, the woman candidate, and i imagine you don't want the green party candidate their too." i'm assuming he means t-h-e-r-e there and no
that is what drives us. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >>> lady gaga tries to vince olympia snowe and susan collins to vote for the defense authorization bill that repeals don't ask, don't tell. senator snowe asks for more time. that's next. first, time for tonight's "worst persons" in the world. to whoever doing rudy giuliani's scheduling for him, he'll be appearing day after tomorrow with an upstate new york congressional...
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he used the votes after his opponent used video circa 1992. yesterday clinton responded. >> from the '92 -- >> meg whitman made me a household face again. this meg whitman ad really got under his skin, but i understand why. it was a devastatingly good ad, if it had been accurate, you know -- and so -- but it wasn't. so i decided that i should put out a statement. then i heard about this press conference he had, and i've noun him for 34 years, and i knew exactly what happened. i'm not young and he's a couple years older than i am and he was tired and frustrated and he said something he regretted and the next day he went out and apologized for it. >> clinton hits the trail for jerry brown and his running mate who clinton originally endorsed when he was still in the governor's race, san francisco's mayor, gavin newsom. and savannah, if it's tuesday, somebody's voting somewhere, and that somewhere, gearheart, oregon, they're voting on whether to raise taxes to build their own water facility. so we'll find out. >> interesting. always watch those ta
he used the votes after his opponent used video circa 1992. yesterday clinton responded. >> from the '92 -- >> meg whitman made me a household face again. this meg whitman ad really got under his skin, but i understand why. it was a devastatingly good ad, if it had been accurate, you know -- and so -- but it wasn't. so i decided that i should put out a statement. then i heard about this press conference he had, and i've noun him for 34 years, and i knew exactly what happened. i'm...
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thanks for joining us. let's talk about that interview, velma hart, the one who asked that question, she said afterward she's 100% supportive of the president, but you can see the anger, the frustration. a woman like that may not even vote. that's the kind of voter you need to get your base energized again. there doesn't seem to be a logical bumper sticker to inspire that. >> well, you know, here's what we're seeing, andrea. a couple of weeks ago a gallup poll came out to show that democrats on the generic congressional ballot were behind by ten, folks said that's the biggest gap they had seen. the next week we were even and now the poll yesterday said we were ahead. american voters are not happy with where the xmi right now, but they don't just think that's a democratic problem or republican problem. it's an american problem and one we have to solve. i think the choice now the primary season is now over, each party has their list of candidates and their strategy going forward. and the choice between the de
thanks for joining us. let's talk about that interview, velma hart, the one who asked that question, she said afterward she's 100% supportive of the president, but you can see the anger, the frustration. a woman like that may not even vote. that's the kind of voter you need to get your base energized again. there doesn't seem to be a logical bumper sticker to inspire that. >> well, you know, here's what we're seeing, andrea. a couple of weeks ago a gallup poll came out to show that...
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republicans want to go this way, they got us into this hole and stop the digging, get us out of that. >> you still think they should talk about health care when one of the reasons democrats are in trouble is americans believe they were obsessing over health care and they should have been obsessing over creating jobs. >> they should always obsess over creating jobs, green energies, new technology and one thing is the big apollo, allowing south korea and china to get ahead of us. we're getting lapped on new technologies for green. we voted, a signature issue. you have to defend what you day and tell people where you want to go in the future. republicans want to repeal everything democrats have done. this is a choice in this election. stand up for what you've done and fight for it and tell them what you're going to do going forward. this woman wants answers. >> this is barack obama talking about the end of the recession. >> even though economists may say the recession officially ended last year, obviously for the millions of people still out of work, people who have seen their home value
republicans want to go this way, they got us into this hole and stop the digging, get us out of that. >> you still think they should talk about health care when one of the reasons democrats are in trouble is americans believe they were obsessing over health care and they should have been obsessing over creating jobs. >> they should always obsess over creating jobs, green energies, new technology and one thing is the big apollo, allowing south korea and china to get ahead of us....